The Durner-Fritzsche organ at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s Liberty High School was constructed in 1933. “The organ was installed in 1933-34, answering to an invitation to bid advertised by Mr. Clifford F. Frey; Sec. School District of the City of Bethlehem. The… read more
Several school construction projects in Murray, Utah were undertaken during the New Deal with the help of the Public Works Administration (PWA). One was at the Liberty Elementary School, turning the basement into three new classrooms and constructing a kitchen… read more
Built to replace the former library that shared an 1895 building with the town hall. “By the early 1930s, the Town Hall location was too small. Even though these were the years of the Depression, plans began for a new… read more
The current stone Chesterfield Library building opened in 1939. Constructed as a New Deal project, the facility was built with Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. NH [X]1130
The library in Dayton, Washington was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during 1937. The building, which has since been extended, is still in use today. PWA Docket No. WA [W]1318
The De Pere Public Library was constructed in 1935-6 with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. supplied an $13,891 grant for the project, whose total cost was $33,275. PWA Docket No. WI [W]1034
The Forrest City Public Library was constructed between 1938-39 and was designed by the Little Rock, Arkansas, firm of Sanders & Ginocchio. The PWA provided a grant of $10,791 for the project, whose total cost was $24,242. It was the… read more
The Harrison N.J. Public Library was constructed in 1936-8 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $42,476 grant for the project. “The overall dimensions of the building are 94 by 60 feet. In the basement… read more
The Hobbs Public Library in Hobbs, New Mexico was originally constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. The building has been renovated and expanded multiple times since.
Honokaa Public Library was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The building, which was designed by Harry K. Stewart, was completed in 1936. The building used the same design as the Molokai Public Library. PWA… read more
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the Metuchen Borough Library in 1935-6. The library is still in use today. Quote “The Dawn,” a monthly WPA newsletter, June 1936: Laying of the cornerstone for the new Public Library in Metuchen… read more
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a municipal building, now the town library, based on the design of—and using stones from—Oakland’s Old Ponds Church. In fact, the building’s façade was designed as an “exact replica of the old church.”
Purcellville, Virginia received a new public library in 1937 with the aid of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. Virginia.edu: “In 1936, however, the Blue Ridge Library board elected to build a new building for a Purcellville Public Library… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a grant for construction of the the former library in Linden, New Jersey. The building was completed in 1939, and was demolished in 2010 to make way for the “modern facility behind it on the same East Henry… read more
Originally constructed as the Osborn (later renamed Fairborn) post office, this New Deal building was constructed in 1940 and now houses Fairport’s public library. An example of New Deal artwork created for the building has been relocated to the community’s… read more
The historic Stephenville Public Library building was originally constructed as the city’s post office. The building, which was funded by the Treasury Department, was built in 1935. The architects of record were Mark Lemmon and Louis A Simon.
This library, which was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938 for $47,000, was designed by Frederick Marsh. The city built a new library a few blocks away back in 1990s.
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) constructed a one-room library in Beemer, Nebraska. Built with CWA and city funds, the former library was located on Main St., near Highway 8. The structure had “built-in shelves, coat closets, fuel, and closets for… read more
“The Public Library in Charlestown, Indiana was constructed out of work shanties by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers in the early days of the Charlestown boom and is staffed by Works Progress Administration librarians. It has between three thousand and… read more
Eagle Pass Public Library website: “According with the Eagle Pass News Guide published on February 27, 1997, at 1927 a group of women, who were studying art, music, literature, decided Eagle Pass should have a public library. On April 15,… read more
The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied funding toward the construction of a new library in Glendale, Arizona’s Murphy Park during the Great Depression. Construction occurred between December 1937 and March 1938. Living New Deal believes the building to be… read more
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that $780 was “allotted for work in the Puyallup City Library.” The old library was located on what is now Pioneer Park.
The Carnegie Public Library in Tyler opened October 3, 1904. Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie provided a $15,000 donation to construct the building. With two large rooms on the first floor and an auditorium called Carnegie Hall on the second, the library… read more
The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) worked to improve the conditions of the library in Carver, Massachusetts in 1935. “The Library has been cleaned, painted and varnished, thanks to the W. P. A. workers, and new shelves have been added… read more
The old Carnegie Library in Darlington, SC, now the , Darlington Museum of History and Fine Arts, was improved as a result of the New Deal. Some sources conflict as to which agency provided the funding for these improvements. Sciway.net… read more
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) furnished the labor for the expansion of the former library space at Millville, Massachusetts’s former town hall, located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Preston Street (across from where the current library… read more
“City officials of the town of Monroe, were today advised that the Town Hall and the Library were due for remodeling to the extent of $2,400, it was learned from the office of Don G. Abel, State Administrator of the… read more
Multiple New Deal agencies assisted in the improvement of what was then the library for West Hartford, Connecticut. [This is not to be confused with the new, and current, library, for the town, which was itself constructed as a New… read more
From 1936 until recently, the New Hyde Park library occupied this building on the Jericho Turnpike. The building itself dates to earlier than 1936, but the NYA renovated the building in the 1930s in order for the library to move… read more
The historic former post office building in Floral Park, New York was constructed with Treasury Department and Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds in 1936. The building presently serves as the Floral Park Public Library. Postal operations have been moved to… read more
In September 1935, the Kearney City Council voted unanimously to approve plans drawn by Hugh McClure for an addition to the library. The plans, together with an application for Public Works Administration (PWA) funds, were then forwarded to Lincoln for… read more
The 1933 town report mention a C. W. A. Project for the town library, a beautiful classic brick structure built in 1888. “The assistance for approximately twelve weeks of Miss Frances Busse and Miss Doris McMahan made it possible to… read more
Among the dozens of WPA projects approved for the state of Montana during July 1938 was $1,651 for “public library assistance” for the town of Harlowton. The details of this project are unknown to Living New Deal at this time.
According to the Georgetown Times in 1962, the WPA provided clerical and other assistance for library programs in Murrells Inlet, SC. Following a relocation, the paper stated, “There will be several persons who will volunteer to check-out the books …… read more
The Works Progress Administration remodeled of a two-story brick structure into a one-story library and community hall, 1938-1939. The construction costs were $4,o62 in federal funds and $348 in city funds.
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided labor to undertake numerous municipal improvements in Amherst, Ohio, among which was painting the community’s historic library.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) provided assistance and conducted improvement work at the public library in Ashland, Massachusetts’s in 1934. “The assistance of the E.R.A. enabled us to have a good deal of almost necessary work done which we… read more
Annual municipal reports for the early 1930s show that the local library benefited from the CWA in 1933 and from the ERA in 1934. The reports also describe how the local library distributed many books during this period to CCC… read more
From a 1938, “REPORT OF THE DANVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY” “During the past year there have been several changes and improvements made in the Library. The walls and ceilings have been repaired and whitened as a part of the W. P…. read more
The federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) conducted “much needed repairs” to Dover Massachusetts’s town public library building in 1933. Next year the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) regraded the library grounds.